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That casino is an abomination.

The service was adequate, the food not so much. On the next to last night, the chef made me and my sister something special based on our complaints and likes, do that eas a plus.

IMO, they should take the ship out of service for a week or so to do work that is disruptive to passengers. Unless it's critcal safety issue. Perhaps waiting til 2025 for dry dock is ill advised.

I have found that when I get that error, it helps to actually log out (not just close) and relog in. Most times that clears it up. If it persists after logging out, try restarting your phone. Sometimes it's just a glitch in the network connection.

A thing to consider when using trade in value. The casino comp cruise offer is for two people in a cabin and you pay only the port taxes per person. If you don't like the comp itineraries/ships, you can use the trade in value, but understand it is a discount off the cabin fare, not per person. So, if you have $750 trade in value and the cruise you select is $1,000 per person, that would be $2,000 less $750 for the cabin or $1250 for two people plus the port taxes.

I have been on Allure several times (it's my favorite RC ship), and never once was unable to get in to see a show. Never even saw a standby line. Most of the time the theater is half full. Maybe because a lot of people like that ship and have also sailed multiple times and have seen the shows already. I find on most ships lately there are no problems getting in to a show by just showing up.

If you booked transfer to/from airport you won't see it in cruise planner unless you booked it as pre/post cruise tours. It will show up both on your invoice and in your cruise documents when they are available.

Came off the Adventure 10/9. I understand the ship had a refurbishment of the public areas during the COVID break and is scheduled for dry dock in 2025. The public areas were very well maintained, and if you didn't know it was an old ship, you wouldn't be able to tell. The rooms are a little dated, but not shabby and both mine and my sister's cabin were in excellent shape. The temperature on board was inconsistent in the public areas. Some areas you would swear the a/c was broken and in others you could freeze meat. They were doing some hull maintenance (chipping/sanding off paint to prep for repainting), which I thought was unacceptable for a cruise in progress. They did wait for a port day, but since it was a port I wasn't getting off the ship for, the noise reverberated throughout the ship and made an afternoon nap impossible. When I complained, their solution was to offer me an empty cabin on the opposite side of the ship for the afternoon to nap. It is not as mobility device friendly as the newer ships in some areas, so if anyone in your party has a walker, wheelchair or scooter, choose another ship.

We have never had a problem on any line doing a body switch. Guest services doesn't care what offer you have or how you booked, they just need to know who is in each cabin. I suggest just asking guest services to switch names rather than just asking for extra key cards. That way everyone's expenses get credited properly. Don't forget, identity is tied to the seapass cards, so just getting an extra card may cause problems getting on/off the ship. We actually do this quite frequently.

Really? You got someone friendly at NCL airline reservations. I've found them to be a nasty bunch who act like they are doing you some kind of favor to answer even a simple question.

Usually they will just give you a credit for the port taxes if they don't give you a diversion port - they are not allowed to keep taxes, but they will not charge you more if they dock at a replacement port, even if the port tax is higher. Technically, you are paying for accommodations on a ship and your ship is not cut short if they have to skip a port (you just get an extra day at sea), so you are still lodging, eating and being entertained. You may get some credit if they have to cut your sailing short for some emergency, but that's about it. Normally, if there is no emergency that requires a shortened sailing, you get the paid for number of days, even if it turns into a cruise to nowhere.

Don't actually know. Must have been a promotion going on at the time I booked. I'm seeing that there was probably a promotion on certain European sailings, and I guess I am on one of the included sailings. I actually didn't know I was getting triple points until I read through this thread of what the codes mean and looked to see what was on my confirmation.

Thanks. I'm actually on an 11 day which means 44 points and I'll shoot right up to Platinum

I have LATRIPLE, META, METAUP. Any idea what those mean?

You know, you can always apply for casino credit and then you do not have to pay a convenience fee at the tables OR the slots, and you don't have to carry a wad of cash with you. No holds on your credit card. Of course, you do have to bring a blank check and have the money in the bank at time of application, but if you were going to bring cash, you would have that much any way.